A recently published multicenter study led by Dr. Mario Fernández-Ruiz and Prof. José María Aguado, from the University Hospital “12 de Octubre” (Madrid), has confirmed the usefulness of a immune-based monitoring strategy to predict the risk of potentially severe opportunistic infections due to the reactivation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in patients undergoing kidney transplantation. The study…

In a recent publication (Annual Reviews of Microbiology), scientists belonging to REIPI (Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Hospital Virgen del Rocío and Hospital Ramón y Cajal), in collaboration with the Université París Descartes-CNRS, have called the attention on the dangerous side effects of antibiotics because of their capacity to accelerate the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria.…

“The sharp increase in cases of MDR Acinetobacter baumannii infections in recent years prompted by WHO to list this pathogen as a critical pathogen. The development of new approaches that adjuvant the scarcity of clinically relevant antibiotics for treatment of infections by MDR A. baumannii is an urgent need. Researchers from the University Hospital Virgen…

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2018 (In press) This study was coordinated at University Hospital Virgen Macarena in collaboration with the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología. This work shows that suppression of the SOS response (through recA deleted) blocks the evolution towards clinical quinolone resistance across a range of E. coli phenotypes from highly susceptible to…

Antifungal resistance is increasing by the emergence of intrinsically resistant species and by the development of secondary resistance in susceptible species. A previous study performed in Spain revealed levels of azole resistance in molds between 10 to 12.7% but secondary resistance in A. fumigatus was not detected. We used itraconazole supplemented media to select resistant…

– This finding represents an epidemiological change in extended-expectrum-beta-lactamases (ESBLs) distribution in Europe – This study results from the collaboration of the Preventive Medicine and Microbiology Departments at Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (Madrid) with a European multicentre project (R-GNOSIS) funded by the EU and it has been recently awarded as best communication in the…

Summary. Antibiotic resistance is a global threat of complex and changeable epidemiology. The role of wild birds in the dissemination of antibacterial resistance might be underestimated. We studied the cloacal colonization by cefotaxime-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in 668 wild birds in Spain. Eighty-eight wild birds (13.2%) of 28 species carried cefotaxime-resistant isolates; 58 of them (8.7%) carried…

Candida periprosthetic joint infection (CPJI) poses a challenge, as it is a rare infection and there are no clear guidelines regarding the best management strategies. Candida spp. often grow as a biofilm which may contribute to persistence and relapse of the infection. Azoles have been the main used agents with high failure rates, likely because…

ESCMID is self-defined as a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infection-related diseases. This is achieved by promoting and supporting research, education, training, and good medical practice. Prof. Rodríguez-Baño, MD PhD, is specialist in Infectious Diseases at the Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Virgen Macarena,…